Federal Budget Trends and the 1981 Reagan Economic Plan
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N EARLY 1981, a newly inaugurated Ronald Reagan announced an economic plan which included goals of “an immediate, substantial, and sustained reduction in the growth of federal expenditur-es [and] a significant reduction in federal tax rates 1 After two terms in office, it seems time to examine the original Reagan budget plan in light of the actual performance over the 1980s. Althoirgh the budget plan had far-reaching economnic and social consequences, this an-tide focuses on the extent towhich the initial budget projections were realized.z
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Federal Budget Trends and the 1981 Reagan Economic Plan
N EARLY 1981, a newly inaugurated Ronald Reagan announced an economic plan which included goals of “an immediate, substantial, and sustained reduction in the growth of federal expenditur-es [and] a significant reduction in federal tax rates 1 After two terms in office, it seems time to examine the original Reagan budget plan in light of the actual performance over the 1980s. Althoirgh the budge...
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تاریخ انتشار 2003